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Vatican Regesta, Vol. CCCL.

Officiorum Liber Tercius.

8 Martin V.

1425.10 Kal. April.SS. Apostoli, Rome.(f. 122d.)

To Master John de Oppizis, canon of Ferrara, papal chaplain. Appointing him, who is also an auditor of causes of the apostolic palace, papal nuncio and collector-general for the camera in the realm of England, with the usual faculties and powers, all other collectors, especially Simon de Teramo, and sub-collectors being recalled. Ex fideli solicita et diligenti. (De curia.) [See Reg. CCCLV, f. 178d.]

8 Kal. April.SS. Apostoli, Rome.(f. 124.)

To Master John de Opizis, canon of Ferrara, papal chaplain, collector for the camera in England and papal nuncio. Faculty to confer the office of papal notary on ten persons of the said realm, provided that they be not married and not in holy orders; with the form of oath to be taken. Ne contractuum. (De curia.)

Ibid.

To the same. Faculty to commute, within a year of his entering the said realm, in the case of twenty persons, ecclesiastical or secular, any vows, except only vows of pilgrimage beyond the sea and [to the shrines] of SS. Peter and Paul [Rome] and St. James [Compostela], and those of continence and chastity. Cum te ad regnum. (De curia.)

Ibid.

To the same. Faculty, valid during a year from his entering the said realm, to absolve fornicators, adulterers and violators of nuns, and persons who in war have perpetrated or helped to perpetrate plunder, rapine, burning, short of death or mutilation of limbs, etc., enjoining a salutary penance. Cum etc. (De curia.)

To the same. Faculty, valid during a year from his entering the limits of his nunciature, to absolve any ecclesiastics who have simoniacally obtained benefices, and to dispense them on account of irregularity, rehabilitate them, and make fresh collation and induction. Of names of persons and of dates of collations he is to inform the camera etc., as usual. Cum etc (De curia.)

Ibid.

To the same. Faculty to dispense twenty persons of the said realm, upon completing their twenty-third year, to be promoted to the priesthood and hold a benefice even with cure. Cum etc. (De curia.)

18 Kal. Oct.SS. Apostoli, Rome.(f. 147d)

To Robert Frend, canon of St. Peter's, Houedem, in the diocese of York. Appointing him, who is of noble birth, a papal chaplain, with enjoyment of the usual exemptions, privileges etc. Virtutibus clarens.

15 Kal. Oct.SS. Apostoli, Rome.(f. 153.)

To Master John de Opizis, canon of Ferrara, papal chaplain. Appointing him—whom the pope recently appointed collector for the camera in the realm of England [above, f. 122d] and the province of Ireland, and papal nuncio—so long as he holds the said office, sole collector and nuncio in the realm of Scotland, with the usual powers, all other collectors and sub-collectors being hereby recalled. Nuper siquidem te fructuum. (De curia.) [See Theiner, op. cit. No. 740.]

8 Kal. April.SS. Apostoli, Rome.(f. 168d.)

To Master John de Oppizis, canon of Ferrara, papal chaplain, collector and nuncio in England. Faculty to dispense fifteen persons of the said realm on account of illegitimacy as the sons of an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, or of a priest and an unmarried woman, or of an unmarried man and a married woman, to be promoted to all, even holy orders and hold a benefice even with cure. Cum te ad regnum. (De curia.)

9 Martin V.

1426.10 Kal. March.SS. Apostoli, Rome.(f. 235d.)

To Thomas, bishop of Hereford. Faculty to absolve persons of his diocese, cleric and lay, who have laid violent hands on clergy and committed other crimes, absolution for which is reserved to the apostolic see, enjoining a salutary penance, etc. Personam tuam.

Footnotes

1. This folio, which immediately follows f. CXXIIII, has been wrongly numbered CXXX, It is succeeded by ff. CXXXI, CXXXII etc.